we could maybe figure out a way to take Nilly's list and winnow it down to, say, a top one hundred.
Do you think there's too much Firefly, or too little of the rest?
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§ ita § - Dec 21, 2004 7:21:23 am PST #8931 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
DCJensen - Dec 21, 2004 7:21:30 am PST #8932 of 10000
All is well that ends in pizza.
There must be a bunch more ready to steal Buffy and Angel quotes we can mine...
Not that I would advocate such a deplorable action.
beathen - Dec 21, 2004 7:25:13 am PST #8933 of 10000
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.
I'd be willing to help add Buffy/Angel quotes, but I don't want to go through ALL of the episodes or ones that someone else is going through. Maybe some organization for those willing to do this...?
WindSparrow - Dec 21, 2004 7:31:59 am PST #8934 of 10000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Not having seen Firefly, I often have a "huh, guess you had to be there" reaction to those quotes. I can't recall the perfectly delicious delivery and be caught up in the memory - they just fall flat.
I think the Top 100 idea is great. That will give a nice nibble of the show, and inspire those like myself to remember the resolution to buy the dvds (like, right after I get a dvd player).
Think about it from another angle: The shows that ran several seasons should have a larger proportion of quotes. So cull a bunch of Firefly quotes, or expand the Buffy quotes to, what? 5000ish? Who wants to do that?
§ ita § - Dec 21, 2004 7:32:50 am PST #8935 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If someone steps up to manage it, I'll shoot them off a list of the Buffy/Angel quotes we already have.
WindSparrow - Dec 21, 2004 7:42:03 am PST #8936 of 10000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Ok, I'm with you beathen - willing to help, but I have some questions about how best to be effective.
I'm guessing combing through the Quotables threads is a fine way to find them, and have a fair chance at not having to spend half an hour for each quote tracking down episode numbers and all.
But here's a question: How do I know for sure which quotes are already in the system? If there are 250 of them there, and I can only remember seeing about 70, I'm SOL for not doubling some of them.
§ ita § - Dec 21, 2004 7:44:52 am PST #8937 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If someone steps up to manage it, I'll shoot them off a list of the Buffy/Angel quotes we already have.
WindSparrow - Dec 21, 2004 7:46:17 am PST #8938 of 10000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I'm stictly canon-fodder here. Can spare the odd hour formatting quotey-things, but can't take on organizing and... like... responsibility and stuff.
§ ita § - Dec 21, 2004 7:47:47 am PST #8939 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If various people can only do bits of it, I guess you could hash out who does what here, and I can mass mail the list. Point is, it's available.
I'd prefer some sort of organisation, so I only get the one file.
sumi - Dec 21, 2004 7:58:23 am PST #8940 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
I think that there is both too much firefly and not enough of everything else.